# bastardization

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. The making of a bastard or bastards; Having children out of wedlock or destroying the legitimacy of children's paternity.
2. The creation of offspring from two different species; cross-breeding.
3. The combining of separate races in marriage or breeding; miscegenation.
4. Any change or neologism in language that is viewed as a degradation.
5. The creation of an inferior copy or version; corruption, degradation, or debasement.
6. Activities involving harassment, abuse or humiliation used as a way of initiating a person into a group.

## Etymology
From bastard + -ization.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/bastardization